5T: History of American Textiles Presentation

Five Things You Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 

Today is Thursday, May 2. Here are 5 things you need to know:

• Cloudy but warm: Looks like a gray but comfortable day today. According to the National Weather Service we can expect patchy fog this morning followed by increasingly cloudy skies. High temperature near 71 degrees. Mostly cloudy tonight with a low around 41. 

• Public meetings: The Burlington Housing Authority is holding a meeting this morning at 10 a.m. in the Housing Authority Office, 15 Birchcrest St. The Capital Budget Committee is meeting at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall Annex basement meeting room. The Planning Board has a meeting at 7:30 p.m. this evening in the hearing room on the second floor of Town Hall. 

• Fun and games: The Burlington Public Library is hosting a "Preschool Fun & Games" event for children aged 3 to 6 at 11 a.m. this morning. Come by for a fun event.

• Bridge: The Burlington Public Library is hosting two bridge playing events today. The first is COA Bridge Players, a group aimed at seniors, which will meet at 1 p.m. The second is the Thursday Night Bridge group, which meets at 6:30 p.m. Both sessions are open to the public, so come down, play some bridge and meet new people.

• History of textiles: There will be a presentation on the history of American textiles at 6:30 p.m. in the Human Services Building. Katherine Hirbour from the American Textile History Museum in Lowell is coming to Burlington courtesy of the Burlington Historical Society.  They will witness weaving and the processing of flax made into linen. Every household of America's first settlers relied on linen for clothing, bedding, and many other uses from book bindings to sails.